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WEEK 3 - TELEVISION
Instructors: Nelson Bird, Bruce Spence, Paul Dornstauder, Campbell Stevenson
Assignments
TV news story suitable for APTN National News
Online news story suitable for www.aptnnews.ca
WEEK 2 - RADIO
Instructors: Peter Skinner, Amber Bear, Paul Dornstauder, Campbell Stevenson, Nelson Bird, Sara Mills, Kerry Benjoe
Assignments
Assignment: Radio story
Due Friday, May 17
Research, pre-interview, interview, record, edit, narrate, mix, & final edit a 1- to 2-minute radio news story (voicer).
WEEK 1 - JOURNALISM & WRITING
Instructors: Kerry Benjoe & Trish Elliott
Assignments
Assignment: INCA bio and picture
150 words max. due Friday AT noon
Tell your classmates about yourself in a personal yet professional tone. Include something about your life, you interests, experience, skills, goals, etc. Upload or create in the Google Drive Workspace folder labelled ‘Bios.’ Upload a profile picture. Use your name as filenames for your photo and writing. Include social media handles, if you have them. If you have any trouble accessing the drive space, talk to Trish or email her at pelliott@firstnationsuniversity.ca
Assignment: Profile story
500 words, due Friday
Write approximately 500 words about the person your interviewed. What path in life brought them to the conference? How does the topic ‘Indigenous Peoples, Media and Democracy’ impact them personally? What is their vision of the future of Indigenous media? Or write a story about a panel discussion at the conference. What was the big question people were discussing, and what did they say? Your story should contain a lede, a nutgraph, quotes and background, and must be accompanied by an original photo.
WRITING TIPS TO REMEMBER
- Your lede will define what your story is about. It’s your first and most important sentence. It is more than a fact. It is descriptive.
- Stories are about people. We need to hear human voices through quotes.
- If you aren’t sure whether to include something, read your lede again. Everything in your story should help fulfill the promise of your lede.
- Put the most important information at the top of your story. Less important details can be saved for later.
- If a quote is too long or confusing, you can paraphrase it. But make sure you accurately describe what the person was saying.
- Always be trustworthy in how you report information.
- To be published, stories need pictures.
Resources
How to write a lede and nutgraph.
How to add your research and quotes from interviews.
Help writing words with syllabbics
CREE DICTIONARY ONLINE (with syllabics converter)
Need a laptop?
Laptops are available in Room 2005 for use throughout the day. To obtain a take-home loaned laptop from the FNUniv library, take a screen shot of your U of R registration, and email it to jcliff@fnuniv.ca with a laptop request. If you have any problem, ask Shannon or Trish to help.